Aaronw

It is pricy, but nice. Thankfully I picked mine up several years ago when it was about 1/2 the current price. http://www.seltd.net/24100cp.html

I haven't seen one person mention the model kits themselves. Take the average model kit from 1964 and an average kit today, not exactly an apple to apples comparison. How many threads start off with a rant from somebody about the horrible kit they bought, then as the thread progresses some old fart who built that kit as a kid will explain just how old the kit in question actually is (as well as how deep the snow / how steep the hill was as they walked to school).

Very nice, always enjoy seeing more fire apparatus. I like your Circle D lights, appears to be made from a wire nut and perhaps a headlight bezel. Simple but very convincing.

Looks good, I particularly like the off color hood. It is a minor detail but really sets it off and gives it a sense of age and use.

Slusher if you click on the photos you will get larger images. George, interesting truck. Always nice to see early commercial trucks. Where did the wheels come from, finding a good set of wheels for these old trucks is always a challenge and those look quite nice.

With all the old trucking books out there, I'm kind of surprised that nobody has done one on regulations showing the various commercial inspection, registration and tax markings used over the years. Seems like it would fit in well with the many photo collection books focused on trucks and trucking companies.

Yeah, I'm looking to build a stock cabriolet, so I guess I need to find the Monogram kit. Thanks

Was a '36 Ford deluxe convertable ever done as a kit? What about a conversion for the AMT 3 in 1 kit of the '36 Ford coupe?

Julian, the SFPD has used the same markings forever, except for a short period in the later 1970s under Chief Charles Gain. During that period the cars were light blue and marked as San Francisco Police Services. Their early cars were dark blue, but they switched to black and white well before 1970. I can't say for sure that the SFPD bought Ford's in 1970 but they have been heavy users of Ford automobiles so I think you are pretty safe using the kit you have for an SFPD car, at worst just having a slightly wrong year.

Single axle trucks are commonly used to pull a set of double trailers. AMT's double header trailer set would be appropriate for a single axle truck like that.

The jeep looks good in green, nice job. Danno, it is Revell National Park...

I don't know, there is something a little Z about the front end that would not make me immediately think Jag, but it is a sharp looking car.

Well that's a bummer, I was sure one of them had a lawn mower. Looks like everything but, what a strange omission since I would think that would be an important item and they seem to include everything else.

Here they are http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2047675.m570.l2632.R2.TR3.TRC1.A0.H0.Xhobby+gear&_nkw=hobby+gear&_sacat=222&_from=R40 Unfortunately I don't see the landscaping set with a lawn mower, but now you have the brand name.

There is a company that sells kits of pre-painted plastic items for models. I bought a garage set that had things like an air compressor, roll around tool box, floor jack and other shop items. They had other sets as well, including a yard working set with a lawn mower and other landscaping items. Unfortunately I don't recall the company but I used to see them at Hobby Town USA.

Poor Capri, started as a pretty nifty, stand alone Ford sport coupe, one of the successes in the gas crisis 70s. Then became a Mercury Mustang, then an odd, but kind of interesting Mercury "Miata" and now you suggest it become a Lincoln? Capri would have been a good possible name for a performance version of the Focus or Fiesta. Personally I think Lincoln should be looking at Cadillac. These are luxury brands, they don't need a car for every niche, and should focus on their strengths. Lincoln and Cadillac are brands that are hurt when they try to be everything to everybody. Cadillac seems to have learned from its attempts to puts frills on low end Chevrolets.

Target has sold models from time to time, usually a very small selection and often snap kits when they have them. I'm pretty sure that is where I bought my son the Jada Speed Racer models several years ago. I was more just throwing out the kind of places where a person might buy a model because they see it on the shelf rather than go specifically looking for models.

The Cat I swiped from the Peterbilt is an easy swap. My order from Class A Resin arrived today, not cheap, but very nice stuff. A set of 5 hole rims and 8 drive tires made from a soft rubber like material. I'll probably be using the tires from the kit for the steer axle unless I can find a set of Toyos like those on the 1-1. I've been tinkering with Sketchup with the idea of possibly having a set 3D printed.

It has been a while, but still plugging away on this thing. The tank was causing me some trouble, but I finally got it worked out. I used two sizes of PCV pipe, cut the smaller in half lengthwise and glued it to either side of the larger giving me a nice elliptical framework that I wrapped in aluminum roof flashing. The end caps are styrene sheet cut to size. Have some more work to do, but I think it is getting there. Sitting on the frame, it will sit a bit higher once I've worked out a subframe for it. The cab is still loose, I'm waiting to secure it until I have other details in place. The hood will fit better once the cab has been secured.

Any idea how casual model sales (Michaels, Hobby Lobby, Target etc) stack up vs sales through specialist hobby shops? Volume not subject matter.

I think it would look better with round headlights, this shows an obvious connection to the Fusion. Not a bad looking car, but it would have a more distinct retro Mustang look with round headlights.

Brett, thanks for posting the sales info. That kind of data is usually lacking in these discussions. Very interesting to see how well the truck models are doing since we are told by many on the forum that they are sales losers. Hopefully this is not a statistical fluke and it leads to more new tool truck kits in the future.

You also have an issue that when they do have a good product, they frequently fail to market it well. I am a die hard Toyota truck fan, I think it is by far the best small truck available and I've driven most of them over the years. The Chevy Colorado is a very nice, well made, well designed small truck. It is the only small truck I've driven that I would even consider replacing my Tacoma with. GM has done little to push this truck focusing on full size trucks, SUVs and sporty cars. Understand it has been close to being dropped from the line up several times since it's introduction. Of course it is pretty much an Isuzu which may explain the superior quality...

He is looking for a full detail kit, the Ecto kits are curbsides. David's solution is probably the best currently available.

Thanks Tom and Lee, you demonstrate in photos what I meant about what can be done on a car is not always quite so simple on a model.